Inaugural Cyber City's Best awards celebrate community

Larry Taylor

Thursday

Jul 12, 2018 at 9:58 PMJul 12, 2018 at 9:59 PM

The inaugural Cyber City's Best Awards Gala was held Thursday night at the Legends Club.

The event, sponsored by The Augusta Chronicle, honored the top vote-getters of Chronicle readers and online users in categories ranging from beauty and health to vehicle dealers and services, in a best-of-the-best contest.

Other categories were clothing, dining, entertainment and leisure, home services and finance, kids and education, media, people and places, services, shopping, spirits, and sports.

There were three finalists in each category and the winners were announced during the banquet. The Official 2018 Cyber City's Best Guide will be included in Sunday's edition of the Chronicle.

"It's an exciting time for the Chronicle and the city because the votes all came from the people," said Tony Bernados, president of the Chronicle and Chronicle Media. "To have people who read the Chronicle choose who is the best is a good thing for local business."

James Holmes, vice president of sales at the Chronicle, said there were 75,000 votes cast by readers and users.

"It was a really good response. I'm excited about it," Holmes said. "We came up with the name in December and launched it in January. We felt like with our scale, it was an important initiative. We want this to be the premier community choice awards for the entire CSRA.

"It's just our first year, but we have some cool things planned for year two and three."

Annie Jorgensen, 2018 Miss Georgia, served as emcee, announcing the finalists and the winner.

Jorgensen earned the Miss Georgia title during the 74th Annual Miss Georgia Pageant on June 16.

She graduated in May from the University of Georgia with a degree in journalism.

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